2011 Vermont Code
Title 33 Human Services
Chapter 52 DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS
§ 5251 Taking into custody
§ 5251. Taking into custody
A child may be taken into custody by an officer:
(1) pursuant to the laws of arrest of this state;
(2) pursuant to an order of the court under the provisions of this chapter and chapters 51 and 53 of this title; or
(3) when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the child has committed a delinquent act; and that the child's immediate welfare or the protection of the community, or both, require the child's removal from the child's current home. (Added 2007, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), { 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.)
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